Job Movies

Fake Job Ads

Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explain, how they assist employers
in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants
and the steps, they go through, to disqualify even the most qualified Americans,
in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See, what Bush and Congress
really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers"! Microsoft, Oracle,
Hewlett-Packard and thousands of other companies are running fake ads
in Sunday newspapers across the country each week. 5 min.

The Take

In the wake of Argentina’s economic collapse Latin America’s most prosperous middle class finds
itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. 30 unemployed auto-parts workers walk
into their idle factory in Buenos Aires, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start
the silent machines. But this simple act has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Viewers
are taken inside the lives of the workers and their families, who fight for jobs and dignity by
confronting factory owners, politicians and judges in a real-life political thriller that pits ordinary workers
against the local ruling elite and the powerful forces of global capitalism. 87 min.

Harlan County, USA

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover
Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastover's refusal to sign a
contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the
strike, which lasted more, than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting
company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director
Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the
historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Criterion Collection
1976. Starring Norman Yarborough and Houston Elmore. 103 min.More

Harlan County War

Academy Award-winning actress Holly Hunter stars as Ruby, the wife of a coal miner in Harlan
County, Kentucky. After two senseless deaths the union calls a strike against the mining
company. What follows, is one of the most violent, bitter and notorious union battles in
history. With no end to the violence in sight Ruby decides to fight the company her own way.
The Brookside mine company today is the Manalapan company. The miners lived in the coal mine
camp housing. The mining companies owned everything, including the grocery store. Tennessee
Ernie Ford said it in his song, 16 Tons: "I owe my soul to the company store." 104 min.

The Widows of Harlan County

Airdate on CBS (Channel 2 in New York City): 3/11/2007 - The U.S. relies on coal for half its
electricity, so is the demand for coal so great that some mine owners are sacrificing safety
for profit? That is what some widows in Harlan County, Kentucky claim. Their husbands are
among the 47 men, who died in mining accidents last year, the deadliest year in mining in
decades. These widows tell Bob Simon that their husbands' deaths could have been prevented,
but a lawyer for one mine says: "Mining is just a dangerous job." 60 Minutes airs every
Sunday from 7 to 8 pm. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media.
Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. 60 min.

American Dream

Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary in 1990, this acclaimed motion picture captures
the stark reality of working men and women making impossibly tough choices about survival
during a time of extreme economic crisis. When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in
Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the
local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage, they believe, is fair. But
as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies,
families are divided and the very future of this typical mid-American town is threatened.
Director: Barbara Kopple. Starring: Jesse Jackson. 98 min.

Up in the Air

Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is truly living the high life. Flying all over the world on business, he never stops moving, until he meets Alex (Vera Farmiga), a fellow passenger and learns, that life isn’t about the journey, but the connections, we make along the way. Ryan spends most of his days traveling around the country and firing people. He's hired by bosses, who don't have the nerve to do their layoffs themselves. His life of constant flight suits him: he wants no attachments. But two things suddenly threaten his vacuum-sealed world: his company decides to do layoffs via video conference, so they don't have to pay for travel and Bingham meets Alex, who seems to be the female version of him and of course, he starts to fall in love. 109 min.